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The decision by California’s attorney general offers a glimpse into how the state intends to enforce a growing collection of city housing laws aimed at limiting local development.
Exclusive: In Menlo Park housing fight, Bonta sends a potential warning to California cities
The decision by California’s attorney general offers a glimpse into how the state intends to enforce a growing collection of city housing laws aimed at limiting local development.
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Notes from riding Capitol Corridor Amtrak: - bathroom: changing table out of service, changed a poop diaper on a table - bathroom availability: conductor distressed bathrooms locked by fare evaders - Every single water dispenser out of service, required to buy water bottles ($2) on 3 hour ride
YIMBYs, a new moment of triumph is upon us! Atherton, the Silicon Valley enclave that prohibits all but single-family homes, one of the most exclusionary towns in the country, has just received its first multifamily housing project (ever!) under @scottwiener.bsky.social’s SB79!
Progressive LA Mayoral Candidate Nithya Raman told Vanity Fair that her main difference with DSA is on housing. www.vanityfair.com/story/nithya...
One must respect the political difficulty of building subterranean rail
Visiting the Florida "village" that banned e-bikes: maxmautner.com/2026/07/29/k...
Key Biscayne, Florida
Photos and observations from a bus-trip to Key Biscayne
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Probably the most difficult thing YIMBYs face -- really, anyone who lives in a city -- is that government-subsidized street parking is one of the single largest barriers to affordability, safe streets, and climate action. That's because drivers view it as an entitlement, like social security. 🧵
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The Battle Hymn of the Republic
YouTube video by The United States Army Field Band
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Darrell Owens@idothethinking.bsky.social · last wk.The battle of Hopkins bike lanes are back, the final battle, and I got a lot to say. I haven't attended a Berkeley city council meeting in 7 years, but on Tuesday I'll be there, and I hope you will too. darrellowens.substack.com/p/the-final-...
Why is this photo so maddening? Because it exposes the generational divide in our housing debate. Between those who find a reason to say no - instead of yes - to housing.
When rich California home owners are shrieking to the press, something has gone very very right.
Another way to say "It could result in 100 lost parking spaces" is "It could result in safer streets for all street users, including drivers."
San Francisco Chronicle@sfchronicle.com · 2w agoHere’s the latest salvo in a battle that’s spanned two mayoral administrations and endured endless rhetoric about the war on cars. It could result in 100 lost parking spaces in Berkeley.
The office lobby of the software startup I worked at, circa 2015, in downtown Berkeley:
“New construction must be cheaper than old construction!”
Jordan Grimes@cafedujord.bsky.social · 2w agoGood news is that the NIMBYs are reacting extremely normally to this development
20 rental studio units, 5-stories, zero-car parking spaces—San Mateo, CA #SB79 : www.cityofsanmateo.org/4968/606-S-D...
606 S. Delaware St – Multi-Family Development | San Mateo, CA - Official Website
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On BART sitting next to an electrician (IBEW Local 595) who is taking his tools to the job site on *transit*! People, I was told this was 100% not possible without a Ford F-150.
I put a bench out front my home with a QR code and it is currently going viral on Nextdoor (or at least I’d like to think so—the dogs are quite clearly the viral bait)!
This was a cloud grocer I saw in Paris. They simply deliver by ebike:
